liquidfracture

Whelp, MSI support it is then. Thanks everyone!

When I was playing R6 siege at uncapped framerates it was running similar temps, was thinking of turning on vsync in my games to stop it from running so hot. And it already is set to 83. As far as I understand it, that number means that the GPU won't boost unless the temp is under that target. My GPU wasn't boosting when it was heating that much in the furmark test. It just didn't thermal throttle at all. If there is a way to set it so it will thermal throttle when it reaches a certain temp?

Not certain, probably 65 - 70°F.

So it isn't something I should worry about? As long as I cap frame rates? I got the card with the plan to watercool later. Should I replace the thermal paste anyway?

When I run the furmark GPU stress test with my MSI GTX 1080 Aero 8GB OC, the temperature reaches the mid 90s eith the fan at 100%, even with my case open. Is this normal? Looking at the founders edition temps on other forums, they only reach about 85 under the stress test, and the cooler seems similar. Any help, insight, or anecdotes are appreciated! Core i5 7700K + Hyper 212 Evo MSI Z270 Gaming M5 MSI GTX 1080 Aero 8GB OC 2×8GB Crucial Ballistix Elite @2666 Corsair TX650 Samsung 840 Evo 128GB WD Blue 1TB Zalman Z11

Name: First build CPU: Intel i5 3470 GPU: Radeon HD 7850 (x2) RAM: 2x8GB DDR3 Completely flat line is concerning. Not sure why, haven't seen this result anywhere else.

I got the 7850 because it was cheaper and I could be sure I got the exact same card for compatibility. Also, some of the extra money I spent on the 7970 would be wasted, because the extra vram wouldn't be used because my 7850 only has 2 GB. Thanks for the response! I'll just get the bridge and test it with and without it - I don't like how it looks, but if I need it or it gives my system better performance, then I'll just bite the bullet.

I have recently purchased another Gigabyte Radeon HD 7850 2GB to add to my current build in crossfire. My build is as follows: Gigabyte Z77 DS3H Intel i5 3470 Gigabyte Radeon HD 7850 2GB x2 I am wondering if it is possible to enable crossfire through XDMA, rather than through the crossfire bridge. While AMD's website indicates that this is only possible for the R9 200 series, I have found sources that indicate that the HD 6000 series may run in crossfire without a bridge, although I could not substantiate this through research in AMD's website. Also, considering that my graphics cards will be running at x8 and x4 at gen 3 PCIE, will the extra data being transferred through the PCI slots hurt performance? I saw benchmarks from AnandTech that suggested that reducing the amount of lanes allocated to the 7970 hurt performance slightly - assuming it is possible to run these cards in crossfire without a bridge (and considering that the 7950 is significantly more powerful than the 7850), should I? Thanks!